While food shopping this afternoon, I have to admit that I had a bit of a sticker shock after I noticed Caprice des Dieux (Caprice of the Gods) in the Cheese Display.I felt a pang of nostalgia as it was one of my mother's picks when I was growing up in France.That was until I...
Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, which has been on death row for awhile now, has run out of appeals. Despite its historic attributes, the airport will be bulldozed to make way for Berlin's first intercontinental airport....
The 40th Anniversary of the Events of May 1968 is around the corner.Soixante Huitards are not the only ones to commemorate. Youngsters from 1978 (and current ones) get their shot with the 30th Anniversary 'Rock Against Racism' Concert on Sunday, April 27 in London.The...
MySpace, Bebo, and even Facebook are for the youngsters, right? So what do you do if you have a few strands of silver popping up on that head of dark hair, and just might enjoy The Beatles, Rush, and Blondie more...
Many girls and guys from this era's bands are now over 50 (those who made it) as are many of their fans. Soundcheck (on WNYC FM) has a Punk Turns 30 program today. Spin Magazine offers a should I say bleak or honest look back on these days, 1977, in New York City in Eat...
Fellow PhoLister Shannon Clark from San Francisco just wrote 'Ignore the Critics, go see the movie 'Across the Universe'... His take on the film brought back to mind a dormant project of mine which would have people Across the Universe or more accurately Around...
Well, actually the driver's from Los Angeles, but still. The New York Observer has a hilarious profile of the Heartschallenger, a pink ice cream truck driven by a self-described "f*cking most hard-core LA bitch...
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Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Academia say Knowledge is "food for the soul", Universities are in place to nourish young minds, who upon graduation go out into the world to make their mark....
In the ongoing battle over whether or not Cosi, a cafe, should be permitted in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington, DC there are few people without an opinion. By a nearly 2 to 1 margin, neighbors who...
This 60's Icon now has its Official Web Site. On this 40th anniversary
of the 'Summer of Love' a Special Screening of the Movie with Michelle
Phillips and Lou Adler takes place tonight at the IFC Center in New
York.Rest of story...Serge the Concierge
"It surprised me when Joan Didion published "The Year of Magical Thinking," for I identified her so completely with California in the '60s that I'd almost forgotten she was still alive. Of course she continued to publish--a fat volume of her collected essays came out last...
" Nostalgia rules at auction By JOHN FOLDING SUN HERALD BILOXI - "If I could have any car here it would be that little '65 Volkswagen," said Linda Oden of Birmingham, Ala. "The white one with the black top. I used to have one, so I guess it's nostalgia." Oden and her friend,...
Reading about the book 'Cantine' on 'Chocolate and Zucchini' and shopping for School Supplies over the week-end sent me back in time to the very early 60's..